C. Çelik

Çelik's current-season form is down 22% on last season (Season 18→14), while his Rating eased 23→18. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 18).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Sivasspor · 12th	10	1	0	6.27	23	13
2025/26	Sivasspor · 10th	33	3	2	6.95	23	18
2025/26	Kocaelispor · 10th	2	0	0	6.5	18	0
2024/25	Kocaelispor	16	3	2	7.09	—	—
2023/24	Kocaelispor	14	0	0	6.67	—	—
2022/23	Kocaelispor	1	0	0	—	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 9 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthCentral midfielder

C. Çelik is a 30-year-old central midfielder at Sivasspor, rated 18.4 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (31.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.81 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Çelik.

On the season, Çelik graded 14 for current form (age-blind), on 1 goal, 0 assists and 2.813 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 18 → 14).

On long-term talent our Rating reads 18. At 30 Çelik is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.8 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2025/26 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2025/26Holding level

18.4

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

13.9

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

31.8%

Minutes

limited game time

2.81

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Sivasspor finished 12th of 20 · a mid-table side

Apps

2.81

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

2.81 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 10 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.17 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.

Watch points

Game time. Only 31.8% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 18.4 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.81 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %31.8%

Available fixtures11 of 11

Goals / 900.165

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.165

Defensive actions / 902.813

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Shot conversion %50

Shot accuracy %40

Pass accuracy %78

Dribble success %71.4

Cards / 900.165

Foul involvement / 903.474

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~4), then tapers with age. At 30, Çelik sits on 1.8, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Çelik's projected Rating — 18.4 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the 1. Lig with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Shots on target2

Shots5

Passing

Assists0

Chances created5

Passes223

Pass accuracy78%

Possession

Successful dribbles10

Dribble success71.4%

Duels won36

Duels won %62.1%

Fouls won13

Defending

Tackles8

Interceptions7

Blocks2

Fouls committed8

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1

Red cards0

Transfer history

SivassporSept 2025 – nowFree Transfer

KocaelisporAug 2022 – Sept 2025Free

AAkhisar BelediyeJan 2021 – Aug 2022Free

İstanbulsporOct 2020 – Jan 2021

FC OSSJul 2019 – Oct 2020Free

GGazişehir Gaziantep(back from loan)Jul 2018 – Jul 2019

Free agent(on loan)Jan 2018 – Jul 2018

GGazişehir GaziantepAug 2017 – Jan 2018Free

FC OSSAug 2016 – Aug 2017Free

NEC Nijmegenuntil Aug 2016

About C. Çelik

Yusuf Cihat Çelik is a 30-year-old central midfielder who plays for Sivasspor, born on January 2, 1996 in Den Haag, standing 184 cm tall. He is from Netherlands. Sivasspor currently sit 12th of 20 in the 1. Lig.

This season

In the current season, C. Çelik has made 10 appearances with 1 goal and 0 assists across 544 minutes, with 1 yellow card.

C. Çelik's next match is on November 7, 2026, when Sivasspor face Vanspor FK away in the 1. Lig.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates C. Çelik at 18.4 with a Season form score of 13.9. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 4 career titles — among them the 1. Lig and the Eerste Divisie. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 14 recorded seasons, C. Çelik has totalled 213 club appearances with 21 goals and 4 assists for 8 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2021/22, with 33 appearances for Akhisarspor.

C. Çelik's career has also included time at Kocaelispor, AAkhisar Belediye, İstanbulspor, FC OSS, GGazişehir Gaziantep and NEC Nijmegen.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Sivasspor finished 12th of 20 · a mid-table side

Strengths

Watch points